Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

But to the state of our daily lives, our email inboxes, our to-do lists, the three social media accounts we're trying to keep up to date with, the news headlines. In a very similar way, our stress response has been activated. So those four things I mentioned, helpful in the short term, problematic in the long term. So blood glucose going up to help you run away, brilliant.

If that's happening day in, day out, that will cause weight gain, fatigue, and type 2 diabetes.

If that's happening day in, day out, that will cause weight gain, fatigue, and type 2 diabetes.

If that's happening day in, day out, that will cause weight gain, fatigue, and type 2 diabetes.

Yeah, stress is a massive, massive issue that we don't think about enough. And a lot of people don't realize this key, key point, Mel, that I have only realized in the last few years, which is this idea that we see the world through the state of our nervous system, right? So if you're chronically stressed,

Yeah, stress is a massive, massive issue that we don't think about enough. And a lot of people don't realize this key, key point, Mel, that I have only realized in the last few years, which is this idea that we see the world through the state of our nervous system, right? So if you're chronically stressed,

Yeah, stress is a massive, massive issue that we don't think about enough. And a lot of people don't realize this key, key point, Mel, that I have only realized in the last few years, which is this idea that we see the world through the state of our nervous system, right? So if you're chronically stressed,

And I would bet, Mel, that a lot of your audience, even if they're on a walk right now and listening to me and you talk, a lot of them would probably identify as being chronically stressed.

And I would bet, Mel, that a lot of your audience, even if they're on a walk right now and listening to me and you talk, a lot of them would probably identify as being chronically stressed.

And I would bet, Mel, that a lot of your audience, even if they're on a walk right now and listening to me and you talk, a lot of them would probably identify as being chronically stressed.

Yes. Think about the point of the stress response, okay? It's when we think there's danger. So what happens? Your focus comes inward. You're not compassionate. You're not looking to cooperate with people. You're looking for threat. You're looking for problems, right?

Yes. Think about the point of the stress response, okay? It's when we think there's danger. So what happens? Your focus comes inward. You're not compassionate. You're not looking to cooperate with people. You're looking for threat. You're looking for problems, right?

Yes. Think about the point of the stress response, okay? It's when we think there's danger. So what happens? Your focus comes inward. You're not compassionate. You're not looking to cooperate with people. You're looking for threat. You're looking for problems, right?

Okay, another way people can often understand this is this idea that if you've had a weekend off where you've properly rested, okay, and you've switched off and maybe you've gone for a walk in nature, okay, You can read an email on a Monday morning and interpret it a certain way.

Okay, another way people can often understand this is this idea that if you've had a weekend off where you've properly rested, okay, and you've switched off and maybe you've gone for a walk in nature, okay, You can read an email on a Monday morning and interpret it a certain way.

Okay, another way people can often understand this is this idea that if you've had a weekend off where you've properly rested, okay, and you've switched off and maybe you've gone for a walk in nature, okay, You can read an email on a Monday morning and interpret it a certain way.

You could read that same email on a Friday afternoon when you've had a busy work week and you are interpreting it completely differently. It's the same email, but you are looking at it differently because of the state of your nervous system, right? And it's, you know, I thought about this the last few days, Mel. I don't know how this lands for you, but

You could read that same email on a Friday afternoon when you've had a busy work week and you are interpreting it completely differently. It's the same email, but you are looking at it differently because of the state of your nervous system, right? And it's, you know, I thought about this the last few days, Mel. I don't know how this lands for you, but

You could read that same email on a Friday afternoon when you've had a busy work week and you are interpreting it completely differently. It's the same email, but you are looking at it differently because of the state of your nervous system, right? And it's, you know, I thought about this the last few days, Mel. I don't know how this lands for you, but

I was thinking about me and, you know, I'm away from home at the moment. So when you're away, you can often think big picture. I think, what is it you're doing wrong again? You know, with your podcast, with your books. On the face of it, it seems like what I'm talking about is health. But I've realized that's not my end goal now, right? Why? Why does health matter? Why does happiness matter?